Community Resiliency

The purpose of this task is to conduct a regional vulnerability assessment to determine the local systems and services most vulnerable to changes in climate, increasing energy prices and natural hazards.  The assessment focuses on major services such as energy, transportation, drinking water, housing, food and natural systems and will be used to aid in prioritizing funding to increase local resilience and adaptive capacity. The regional climate, energy and natural hazards vulnerability assessment will:

• Identify the systems that are likely to be impacted by climate change, rising and volatile energy prices and other natural hazards.
• Review and report projected local climate- and energy-related changes as well as potential natural hazards.
• Assess vulnerability to changes, and adaptive capacity of systems and services.
• Determine the systems and services most likely to be challenged under future scenarios. 
• Develop recommendations to help regional leaders prioritize funding and resources to increase community resilience.

Community Vulnerability Assessment Report

(Go to Community Resiliency
within the Toolkit)